Chapter 266: Chapter 266

Bella stopped breathing for a moment.

Everyone looked at Ethan with confusion.

Rosaline said in a low tone, "Ethan, how can you get Chase to settle this? This kid causes trouble wherever he goes! He's completely hopeless. We need to look at the bigger picture now. We need to get the invitation!

Others also chipped in with comments, "If someone finds out we sent that moron to pay a visit to Bernard, aren't we just embarrassing ourselves? He's not qualified to represent the Song family. There's no way we can allow this to happen."

The air was filled with protests, making Bella distraught.

Chase just sat there calmly, as if none of it had to do with him.

Ethan knocked on the table to get everyone's attention. He emphasized, "Since I'm the head of the family, then we're going to do what I say. Let Chase go. Since it all started with him, he should be the one to patch things up. It's decided then.

Bella wanted to rebut but Chase held her back gently.

She knew deep down inside there was no point reasoning with a scoundrel like Ethan.

Chase nodded lightly and squealed, "Okay, I'll go."

Ethan flashed a teasing smile at Chase. "Alright. It's for the best Everyone around them was in a daze.

They had never expected such a ridiculous proposal from Ethan. It was clearly that Ethan intended to embarrass Chase. Who could have thought that Chase would accept Ethan's request so easily!

However, everyone quickly recovered from shock and came to their senses.

Being embarrassed must be something normal to a dingus like Chase!

For the sake of the Song family, he would just have to tolerate being embarrassed!

Ethan continued coldly, "Since we've decided that Chase will represent us, then we should discuss what to give Bernard. Does anyone here know Bernard well? Do you guys know what his hobbies are?

Everyone shook their heads.

How could they be close to someone as famous as Bernard?

The meeting came to a halt.

Breaking the silence, Ethan hissed arrogantly, "Hmm, since nobody has any idea what to get him, then leave it to me. Don't worry, I'll make sure it's something nice."

"However, allow me to remind you, Chase. When paying a visit to Bernard for apologies, I hope you will control your temper After all, you'll be visiting Bernard on behalf of the Song family; all of your actions will represent the Song family's reputation. I hope you settle this well and don't disappoint us." Ethan chimed in again.

Bella squinted her eyes and she couldn't take Ethan's nonsense anymore. She slammed her hand on the table and shot back ar Ethan, "Ethan, what do you mean by that?! You should know how difficult it is to get that invitation itself! Let me ask you, even if Grandima pays Bernard a visit, what are the chances of us getting the invitation? You're clearly just making things difficult for Chase!

Ethan looked at Bella, feeling very amused by her uproar. "He is the one who agrees to this, isn't he? So why are you fighting for him? Besides, no one else has anything to say, right, Madison?"

As Ethan spoke, he looked at Madison.

Madison's eyes turned teary and lowered her head silently.

Bella felt a pang of pain in her heart. She grabbed Chase's hand and muttered softly, "Chase, I'm sorry...

Chase shook his head. It's okay, don't worry.

Ethan felt good to see Chase conceding to everything he said.

He assumed that Chase had finally realized that he was no match for him.

With every step Ethan took, Chase would have no choice but to give in. At this moment, Ethan decided that he would not stop until Chase was defeated completely by him!

"Also, we can only give you one day to do this. By this time tomorrow, you need to get the invitation. Otherwise, the Song family can no longer accept you as part of our family Ethan declared, making things even harder for Chase.

Bella's eyes instantly turned bloodshot.

Everyone held their breath as they stared at Ethan.

What was going on?

They couldn't help wondering why everyone was behaving so weirdly.

Normally, Ethan would never have the balls to make such an imprudent demand!

Additionally, Bella should have rebutted Ethan to put an end to this.

Chase would never be so obedient.

But none of them did!

Could Ethan really have the potential to lead the Song family?

Did he really possess the capabilities of controlling all the Song's?

Out of the blue, Rosaline nodded and said coldly, "Ethan is right, we need some time to come up with a backup in case Chase fails to resolve this. We need to think of another plan.

Chase kept silent the entire time. His face showed no trace of emotion. After hearing this, there was a hint of amusement twinkling in his eyes.

"Well, then that's all for today. See you here at the same time tomorrow, Chase. I look forward to your good news, Ethan stated ruthlessly.

He then got up and left.

Bella and Madison immediately followed Chase.

Both of them had tears welled up in their eyes; there was a look of guilt in their gazes.

"Chase, I'm sorry for causing all these. I really can't tell you why. I'm sorry, Madison said through choked tears.

Chase nodded and responded, "It's okay."

He had something else to say but he held it back.

Actually, he could more or less guess why Madison was doing this. After all, Bella had given him a clue the previous night; she said It had something to do with Chase and Madison.

There was only one thing that Ethan could threaten the two of them.

It must be about him taking out the Gao family.

Chase snickered at the thought of Ethan using it to blackmail them.

This jerk Ethan didn't realize yet who Chase was Inside the house, Ethan tapped on the table, feeling proud of himself.

The meeting thrilled him.

Not only did he manage to snatch the throne that he had always wanted...

But he also managed to make the three of them submit to him.

He really enjoyed the feeling of being the one in command.

He would have to think carefully about the gift.

It had to reflect well on him!

It must be something to make Bernard yield to him too!

As Ethan thought about it, he burst into laughter.

At noon, Ethan called for another meeting to announce the gift he had prepared.

Ethan presented the gift to everyone.

It was a golden box with a red silk ribbon.

The packaging looked extremely expensive and exquisite.

Ethan handed it over to Chase personally, wanting to see the reluctance in Chase's eyes.

However, Chase took the gift from him mutely without any expression.

How could Ethan just like let Chase go that easily?

"Why don't you take a look? I took a long time to pick it out." Ethan chuckled.

Chase shook the box slightly and smiled. There's no need for that It truly wasn't necessary.

Chase didn't give a f*ck what Ethan had prepared.

But Ethan snatched the box, opened it, and asked triumphantly, "Look, doesn't this precious gemstone look beautiful?"

When everyone saw what was inside the box, a dubious look flashed in their eyes.

There was indeed a gemstone in the box.

But it wasn't a precious gemstone!

It was clearly just a regular pebble!

Even worse, there was some moss covering the top of the pebble.